<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>LoTW is critical that you load exactly the call sign you used for the QSO -- the new NPOTA contest award uses only LoTW to confirm. I worked a portable station who was signing W9XYZ Portable but I logged it as just W9XYZ -- LoTW failed to find the match. I had to correct the call to reflect the /P since that was how the portable station was registered & had logged in as. It's the same in reverse.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">VP5/K9APW is not a match for K9APW/VP5!! </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Good luck!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Dick, K9APW, since 1960, EN53fb<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Mar 21, 2016, at 12:57 PM, Craig Larsen <<a href="mailto:kc0dmf@arrl.net">kc0dmf@arrl.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">Hmm, this does make me wonder whether I should also upload my logs as just my callsign. Also, Mike, I like the idea of always having a message on my QRZ page saying I typically log my mobile contacts as /m.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As you said, they can contact us if they have issues of any kind. Good feedback! <br>
<font color="#888888">/craig</font><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 21, 2016 10:40 AM, "Michael Johnson" <<a href="mailto:mike@palomonet.com">mike@palomonet.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Well for better or worse I uploaded to LOTW using my main call sign with no trailing /m or /county. I took the suggestion from above and parsed the ADI file into separate counties and then set up county QTH locations in my LOTW profile. <div><br></div><div>There was quite a number of QSL's waiting for me so at least for those folks, I did right by them.</div><div><br></div><div>I also updated my QRZ profile and put a note at the top about what I was doing. </div><div><br></div><div>This is as far as I'm going to go. If there is a problem with a busted Q or some other issue, someone can sure find me via email and we can figure it out. </div><div><br></div><div>Good topic and timely too. I was just scratching my head trying to figure out what to do when the original post dropped into my inbox. Nice to know I'm not the only one.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks all. </div><div><br></div><div>73</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div>--MJ, WO9B</div></div><div><br></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Bruce Richardson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:w9fz@w9fz.com" target="_blank">w9fz@w9fz.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Heh, heh. In the MN and IA QSO Parties, I tend to only activate 8 counties in a weekend.<br>
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I am the only one I know crazy enough to do as much as I do getting my mobile logs into LOTW.<br>
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First, one needs a child certificate for callsign/m . Go ahead and apply for that with ARRL. Since it's a child certificate, it gets approved automatically and issued within minutes.<br>
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One "could" apply for child certificates for each of the /XXX activated. Any beyond 8 takes human blessing/intervention on Monday morning at ARRL. I do this but it's not completely necessary.<br>
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The big key is to BUILD locations for each county. I build them once under my root call. Then I build a 2nd set of locations under the child /m callsign. I'm not sure it's necessary to build the locations keyed to a callsign.<br>
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But it IS necessary to use the different locations when signing the .adi logs for different counties. I actually sign my .adi's three times each because I do have /XXX certificates as well.<br>
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Glad to discuss with anyone if you want more detail.<br>
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I also don't operate on the fly. So while I'm in a county, I'm also in a non-changing GRID, and CQ and ITU zone. I know grid, ITUzone, and CQzone are not required. But I determine them for each of my locations.<br>
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73<br>
Bruce Richardson W9FZ<br>
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